Ever dreamt of working at passport control in a communist dictatorship? Now’s your chance. A computer game – which I was made aware of when my daughter put...
Craig Turp-Balazs
Craig Turp-Balazs is the editor of Emerging Europe.
Rosen Plevneliev, who served as the president of Bulgaria between 2012 and 2017, has assumed the role of honorary chairman of the Emerging Europe Alliance for Business...
In Europe’s Shadow, by Robert D. Kaplan Amidst a sea of often wildly inaccurate and turgid rubbish churned out by hacks eager to make a quick buck in the wake of...
Plans to extend Bulgaria’s largest ski resort, Bansko, appear to have been dealt a fatal blow by the country’s highest court. On January 15, Bulgaria’s...
Belarus has launched a platform which allows traders to buy shares, gold, foreign exchange and other traditional assets with cryptocurrencies. The platform’s...
Edward von Lõngus, often nicknamed the Estonian Banksy, has been given the 2018 Culture Award by Estonia’s ministry of foreign affairs for his pan-European digital...
Donald Tusk, the Polish president of the European Council, delivered a clear message to the Romanian government on January 10, saying that the country must fight to...
None of emerging Europe’s 23 countries currently qualifies as a full democracy. The news comes from the latest edition of the Democracy Index, an annual report...
Since late last year OBB, Austrian railways, has operated a direct service from Cluj in Romania to Vienna. It’s all part of the European Union’s opening up...
Bulgaria’s second-largest city is one of the oldest in Europe: people have lived here since at least 6000 BCE. It is also one of the most contemporary: a pedestrian...
The Romanian village, we are constantly told, is dying. Young people are leaving in droves, either for the the country’s towns and cities or to seek their fortune...
Albania moved ever closer to the EU. A huge step forward was taken in April when the European Commission recommended starting accession talks with both Albania and...
